Joint for umbrellas



S. W; STAATS.

JOINT FOR UMBRELLAS. No. 327,734. Patented Oct. 6, 1885,

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL STAATS, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

GRAND BAY, ALABAMA.

JOINT FOR UMBRELLAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,734, dated October 6, 1885.

Application tiled December 18, 1884. Serial No. 150,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. STAATS, of Grand Bay, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Joint for Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of the joints in umbrellas at the top notch or ring of the stick and at the slide or runner on the stick.

The invention consists in the combination, with an umbrella ring or runner having its top bent over to form a hollow bead provided with apertures, of ribs or braces passed through the apertures, and having crosspieces which are held within the hollow bead and a sleeve surrounding the slide or runner for holding the bent folded parts in place.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a face View of an umbrellaslide provided with my improved joint. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the braces. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the slide.

The upper end of the slide A is slitted and bent over on the outside to form a hollow bead, B, and below the bead a ring or sleeve, D, surrounds the slide and holds the bent folded parts in place.

The hollow bead B is provided with a series of apertures, G, at the upper end of the slits, through which the ribs or braces E are passed,

which have cross-pieces F on their ends, the said cross-pieces being held in the hollow bead, and being adapted to turn in the same, thus permitting the ribs to swing.

Before slipping the sleeve D over the bent or folded part of the slide A, the ribs or braces are passed through the apertures G, so as to bring the cross-pieces F into the hollow bead, and then the sleeve or ring D is slipped over the folded end of the slide to hold the crosspieoes in the bead.

I have shown my invention applied to a runner; but it is evident that it is equally adapted for the top notch or ring at the upper end of the stick.

By constructing the hinges in this manner the ribs need not be forked or apertured, and the small pivots, which wear out very rapidly, are avoided.

It is evident that parasols can be constructed with the same joints.

Having thus described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Thecombination, with an umbrella ring or runner having a hollow bead provided with apertures, of umbrella ribs or braces having crosspieces on the ends, and of the ring or sleeve D, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAMUEL W. STAATS.

\Vi tn esses GEORGE CAssInRY, J r.,

WM. ELLIS. 

